Living the Life Clerics default to following the will of a divine being, such as a god or possibly an archangel. 3rd Edition shook this up by including a provision that clerics could choose to devote themselves to a cause […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dress For Success I wonder how many NPCs want to be adventurers and try to learn class skills. The gap between commoner and classed characters is pretty huge, so you’d think everyone would want to make that leap, increasing the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Spelling Counts We have a history of horrible jokes at my table. Most tables do. Because you’re hanging with friends getting sillier and sillier, and comfortable to really push the line into some black humour or dark territory. It helps […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Price of Healing Someone needs to be the healer. And when no one else wants the role, the GM might have to take measures to ensure a balanced party! Personally, I just let the players pick their classes and work […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Adopt the Missionary Position How exactly do evil cults recruit followers? There’s typically no shortage of cultists, who throw themselves in the path of adventurers. But how are they converted to a nihilistic or inherently evil faith? When the presence […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
SJC I’ve always wondered why it’s “warrior” and not “paladin” or “knight”. It feels like a crusade of sorts. I’m always amused how SJW gets thrown around as a pejorative. A warrior for social justice. As if the desire to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Devoted to the Cause There’s no perfect charities out there. The larger the charity, the better chance they’ve had a horrible newsworthy failure. Despite the embarrassments of the Red Cross I do tend to support them and throw a few […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Feeling Crossed Clerics are weird. According to gaming legend, clerics were originally presented as “vampire slayers”, being holy warriors. They were likely more akin to paladins before that class emerged. But, with paladins, clerics have an odd place in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Extra Iron in the System As a Dungeon Master I tend to describe hit point loss as injuries rather than near misses or parries. In a recent D&D session, a mook NPC got dropped by an arrow. Full health to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Smoted It’s been said that if the Christian god is real, she cannot be omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent. You can have two out of the three. Otherwise, why is there evil and suffering in the world? As fars as gods […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No Cure But Time In theory the spell greater restoration would work, as hangovers are likely a level of exhaustion or two. As has been noted, dehydration is a large part of becoming hungover, so dying of thirst is akin to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Balancing the Books There is a budget for an adventuring day: an expected number of encounters and a challenge for each encounter, with a projected amount of experience that can be earned between long rests. Of course, a Dungeon Master […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
